Bruno ruckert



(No Model.)

B. RUGKERT.

FOLDING ox.

Patented Dec; 5

V Jig/av N, PETERS. Pllnlvuihognphcr, Wldinglm D- C- UNITED. STATESBRUNO BUCKET t1, OF LEIPSIO, GERMANY.

FOLDING BOX.

. SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 268,542, datedDecember 5, 1882. Application filed July 1, 1882. (No model.) Patentedin Belgium December 21, 1881, No, 18,908.

To all whom z'tmay concern.-

Be it known that I, BRUNO Rtiexnn'r, a citizen of Germany, residing inthe city of Leipsic, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Folding Boxes, of which the following is aspecification, and for which Letters Patent have been granted to me bythe government of Belgium on the 21st day of December, 1881, numbered18,908.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of a cord withthe sides of a box so constructed that the sides of the same are jointedor hinged to the bottom, whereby when the box is empty and not in usethe same can be turned down, and will there lie flat, occupying verylittle space, and when the box is to be used the sides and ends areturned upward and fastened together by means of said cord.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a box with the sidesand ends turned down so as to lie flat. Fig.2 represents the box puttogether ready for use. Fig. 3 is a detail showing one corner.

A'is the bottom of the box, to which the sides and ends a a and a a, arejointed or hinged, capable of being turned upright or to lie flat. Thetriangular corner-sections o are attached to the ends (ii {and the blankforming the box is cut through at the lines 3 4, so that saidcorner-sections may be turned at right angles to the ends a. The sidesaa or ends a a are provided with slits or holes I) b-one at eachendthrough which a cord, 8, is drawn, so that the same will lie at theinside of said sides and ends from their holes I) to b, and then passoutside from the hole I) in one end or side to the adjoining hole I) inthe other end or side, the two ends of said cord passing through a hole,(I, in one of the sides a or ends a.

I If desired, the cover B of the box may be jointed to one of the sides,as shown in the drawings; or the same may be made separate.

When the box is not in use, and the ends and sides turned down ward forthe purposeofstowing away, the cord 8 will be considerably extended, andwhen the box is put together or the sides put up readyfor use, as shownin Fig. 2, the cord 8 will be drawn together, holding thereby the sidesa a and ends a a in their upright position, and the ends 9 g of the cord8 may then be fastened to a suitable projection or knob, 'f; or theprojecting part of the cord may be used to pass over the cover andaround the box, and thus fasten the cover to the box.

When the box or blank is folded. the triangular corner-pieces o areturned inside and strengthen the corners, while the tightening of thecord s passes around the outside of the edges of the side and endpieces, keeping the same perfectly tight and firm.

I do not claim a box having the sides and ends jointed or hinged to thebottom, so as to lie down flat and capable of being turned upward, asrequired; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a box having the sides and ends jointed 0r hinged tothe bottom, a cord, a, passing along the inner surfaces of the sides andends, then through suitable slits or holes, I) b, near the ends of saidsides and end pieces, around the outside of the edges or corner of thesame, and through a hole, 61, again to the outside, substantially asdescribed and shown.

BRUNO RUGKERT. Witnesses:

Orro SACK, PAUL WETZIG.

